aggression and appeasement

Question 1

when did the Rome Berlin Axis take place?

Answer 1

1936

Question 2

Rome Berlin Axis

what country did Hitler form an alliance with?

Answer 2

Italy

Question 3

Rome Berlin Axis

Hitler was planning to invade ______ and Mussolini promised ____________

Answer 3

Austria / not to interfere

Question 4

Rome Berlin Axis

what did Hitler promise Mussolini?

Answer 4

to limit German empire-building to north and central Europe, allowing Mussolini to build an empire in southern Europe

Question 5

Rome Berlin Axis

what country did Italy seize?

Answer 5

Abyssinia (now Ethiopia)

Question 6

when did rearmament take place?

Answer 6

1935

Question 7

Rearmament

why did Hitler want to rearm?

Answer 7

resent the Treaty of Versailles

Question 8

Rearmament

what did Hitler reveal?

Answer 8

the German air force and plans for military conscription and a 36-division army

Question 9

Rearmament

Hitler said he wanted military equality but really wanted _________

Answer 9

superiority

Question 10

when did the invasion of Rhineland take place?

Answer 10

1936

Question 11

Rhineland

what was the main issue with the invasion of Rhineland?

Answer 11

the Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany to have military presence there

Question 12

Rhineland

what did Hitler make the invasion seem and how?

Answer 12

as peaceful as possible- make it seem as if peacetime soldiers were taking defensive posts in their own country

Question 13

Rhineland

how did other countries feel about the invasion?

Answer 13

no fear about a war

Question 14

when did Anschluss take place?

Answer 14

1938

Question 15

what was Hitler’s excuse for Anschluss?

Answer 15

“reunion” of Germanic people

Question 16

Anschluss

what was the purpose of Anschluss?

Answer 16

create a “union” of Germans in Austria and Germany in a Greater Germany

Question 17

Anschluss

what did Hitler do to achieve the “reunion”?

Answer 17

invade Austria

Question 18

Anschluss

what was the reaction from other European nations?

Answer 18

no one was willing to risk war to stop Hitler from invading Austria

Question 19

Anschluss

what happened as a result of no Austrian resistance?

Answer 19

the invasion could be described as the reunion of people separated by the Treaty of Versailles

Question 20

who was Neville Chamberlain?

Answer 20

an appeaser from the UK

Question 21

when did the invasion of Sudetenland take place?

Answer 21

1938

Question 22

Sudetenland

why did Hitler seize Sudetenland?

Answer 22

Sudetenland did not belong to Germany, but Germans lived there- “liberate” Germans

Question 23

Sudetenland

what was Britain and France’s reaction?

Answer 23

they were unwilling to risk war over a small nation

Question 24

Sudetenland

who met with Hitler in Munich and why?

Answer 24

Italy, France, Britain; decide Czechoslovakia’s fate

Question 25

Sudetenland | who wasn't invited to the Munich Agreement?

Answer 25

the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia

Question 26

Sudetenland | what was the outcome of the Munich Agreement?

Answer 26

Hitler could have Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia) but must stop demands for more territories

Question 27

Sudetenland | Canadians thought the ___________ had passed

Answer 27

threat of war

Question 28

when did Kristallnacht take place?

Answer 28

1938

Question 29

Kristallnacht | what is the meaning of Kristallnacht?

Answer 29

Night of Broken Glass

Question 30

Kristallnacht | what happened on Kristallnacht?

Answer 30

German police supported the looting and ransacking of Jewish businesses and synagogues

Question 31

Kristallnacht | what happened to over 20 000 Jews?

Answer 31

they were arrested and sent to concentration camps around Germany

Question 32

Kristallnacht | what was Toronto's reaction to Kristallnacht?

Answer 32

thousands gathered and protested the treatment of Jews in Germany

Question 33

when did the invasion of Czechoslovakia take place?

Answer 33

1939, 6 months after the Munich Agreement

Question 34

Czechoslovakia | what did Hitler do to Czechoslovakia?

Answer 34

attacked and proclaimed the end of their independence

Question 35

Czechoslovakia | what was Hitler determined to invade?

Answer 35

Poland

Question 36

Czechoslovakia | what did Hitler have to ensure before invading Poland?

Answer 36

that the Soviet Union would not side with Poland

Question 37

Czechoslovakia | what did Chamberlain realize?

Answer 37

Hitler was determined to conquer the world and only a war could stop him

Question 38

Czechoslovakia | where was Britain determined to draw the line?

Answer 38

at Poland

Question 39

when did the Nazi-Soviet Pact take place?

Answer 39

1939

Question 40

Nazi-Soviet Pact | what did the Nazi-Soviet Pact ensure?

Answer 40

no war between Germany and the Soviet Union; secretly divide Poland between them

Question 41

Nazi-Soviet Pact | why was the world shocked by the pact?

Answer 41

Hitler hated communism and Stalin hated Nazism

Question 42

Nazi-Soviet Pact | Hitler knew the pact would fail but ______________

Answer 42

planned to conquer Western Europe, then attack the Soviet Union

Question 43

Nazi-Soviet Pact | Stalin knew the pact would fail but ______________

Answer 43

thought Hitler would attack Western Europe first and during the war between democrats and fascists, he would build up his army and prepare for war

Question 44

Nazi-Soviet Pact | after signing the pact, Hitler could take ______ via ____

Answer 44

Poland / war

Question 45

Nazi-Soviet Pact | was there an official declaration of war from Germany to Poland?

Answer 45

no

Question 46

when did the war on Poland take place?

Answer 46

1939

Question 47

Poland | what type of tactics did Germany use?

Answer 47

blitzkreig (tank and air force combination)

Question 48

Poland | what did German sabotage troops destroy?

Answer 48

Polish key transport and communication sites

Question 49

Poland | where did the Germans attack from and what was their main advantage?

Answer 49

north, west, and south; speed and number

Question 50

Poland | Germans defeated an army of over ________ and lost ________ in less than a month

Answer 50

700 000 / 14 000

Question 51

Poland | who declared war on Germany?

Answer 51

Britain, France, Canada

Question 52

Poland | when did Britain and France declare war?

Answer 52

2 days after the invasion

Question 53

Poland | when did Canada declare war?

Answer 53

December 10, 1939